LLAP," Leonard Nimoy emailed after the Associated Press sought his reaction.Īs you were. "Only a Vulcan mind meld would be effective on this Congress. Abrams will be manhandling new films for both outer space franchises.)Įmpire-on-Enterprise and Starfleet-meets-Skywalker are fine distraction from the sequester, but what about Congress? Let's turn now to political analyst Spock. (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters) A Republican-appointed judge and President Obama’s own handpicked Surveillance Review Group both came to the same conclusion last week: The National Security Agency’s controversial phone-records program has been of little real value to American security. (The rift between Wars/Trek was recently aggravated by the news that J.J. General Keith Alexander finds your lack of faith disturbing. I think it's time to impeach.īut the White House - sensing a disturbance in the Force - were quick to jump on the contretemps with a meme of dueling fonts, poking fun at POTUS' Star Wars/Star Trek slip and making a point while trying to quell a nation of nerd rage. Obama just confused Star Trek and Star Wars by saying Jedi Mind Meld. Naturally, social media were quick to react. Jedis, of course, are famed for their mind tricks, as when Obi-Wan Kenobi convinced storm troopers that R2 and C3P-O were not the droids they were looking for but a mind meld is a. Sulu) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock), a comical response from the White House, and even a petition calling for an apology from the president (It has. What the president probably meant was to reference either the Jedi Mind Trick from Star Wars or the Vulcan Mind Meld from Star Trek that often used by U.S.S. The debate brought out 'Star Trek' stars George Takei (Mr. Obama Combines Star Trek And Star Wars References, Outrages Nerds President Obama made a confusing reference about a 'jedi mind-meld.' BuzzFeed breaks down the presidents galactic gaffe. (Technically, it's a Jedi Mind Trick.) In his address to the nation Friday, Obama defended his 'reasonable' negotiations with Congress.
What did he do? In response to a question at a Friday press briefing, the president said this: He wouldn't do a "Jedi mind-meld" with Congress' top two Republicans to persuade them "to do what's right."Īs your 6 year old knows, Jedis are from " Star Wars." A "mind meld" is from " Star Trek." For anyone fluent with the two sci-fi ventures, the jumble was obvious: Obama conflated the Jedi mind trick with the Vulcan mind meld (duh). President Obama's overlapping science fiction references at a pre- sequester presser prompted a quick social media reaction to the flub. Obama noted that some seem to believe he can do 'a Jedi mind-meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right.' To us, it sounds like he meant Jedi mind trick as in, influencing the.
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